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Bid Plus
Bid Plus (formerly Speed Auction) was a British television shopping channel owned by Bid Shopping. The channel ceased broadcast on 1 July 2013.
In March 2005, Sit-Up announced that they would launch a third shopping channel entitled Speed Auction TV during the Summer of 2005. The channel was a spin-off of the "Speed Auctions" strand on Bid TV, featuring live rising price auctions. The strand ran on the channel from October 2000 and January 2005, being removed when the channel transitioned to featuring falling price auctions. Prior to the strand's removal, the Speed Auctions became pre-recorded.
The channel launched on 27 July on Sky Digital, NTL:Home Digital and Telewest Active Digital, broadcasting from 12:00pm-1:00am daily. Live rising price auctions were only available Wednesday to Sunday between 4pm to 8pm and 9pm to midnight. Pre-recorded auctions were available the remainder of the time.
In October 2005, the format of the channel was changed to purely focusing on falling price auctions. However, unlike Price-Drop TV and Bid TV, the channel sold its lots with a smaller quantity in each auction and in a shorter period of time, justifying the word "speed" in its name. The live broadcasting hours were still the same as the previous rising price format, and the pre-recorded slots were still being filled in with rising price auctions.
On 3 March 2006, it returned to its original rising price auction format. The hours were unchanged and pre-recorded slots are still filled with rising price auctions.
The channel changed its format for a 2nd time to falling priced auctions on 26 March 2008. It was also the day when Speed Auction TV extended its live broadcast hours. They were available live Wednesdays to Mondays 7:45am to 1:30am and Tuesdays from 1:30pm to 1:30am, with the channel showing Screenshop during its downtime. The channel continued to sell a variety of products continuously throughout the day, without any particular themes shows. Since then, the channel has no longer shown any live or pre-recorded rising price auctions.
In Summer 2009, it operated like its sister channels by selling products through themed hours meaning there were more similar products being sold during a time. Some of the themes included Electrical Store, Jewellery Extravaganza, Outlet Live, Fashion Store and Home Makeover. Sometimes the themes last up to four hours. In November 2009, the whole of the output on the channel was based on Outlet Live meaning the price went to a clearance price with quantities much lower than usual. Although after the Christmas period, they returned to their normal falling price auctions.
From 13 October 2009 and 17 January 2012, the channel was also available on the Freesat platform.
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Bid Plus
Bid Plus (formerly Speed Auction) was a British television shopping channel owned by Bid Shopping. The channel ceased broadcast on 1 July 2013.
In March 2005, Sit-Up announced that they would launch a third shopping channel entitled Speed Auction TV during the Summer of 2005. The channel was a spin-off of the "Speed Auctions" strand on Bid TV, featuring live rising price auctions. The strand ran on the channel from October 2000 and January 2005, being removed when the channel transitioned to featuring falling price auctions. Prior to the strand's removal, the Speed Auctions became pre-recorded.
The channel launched on 27 July on Sky Digital, NTL:Home Digital and Telewest Active Digital, broadcasting from 12:00pm-1:00am daily. Live rising price auctions were only available Wednesday to Sunday between 4pm to 8pm and 9pm to midnight. Pre-recorded auctions were available the remainder of the time.
In October 2005, the format of the channel was changed to purely focusing on falling price auctions. However, unlike Price-Drop TV and Bid TV, the channel sold its lots with a smaller quantity in each auction and in a shorter period of time, justifying the word "speed" in its name. The live broadcasting hours were still the same as the previous rising price format, and the pre-recorded slots were still being filled in with rising price auctions.
On 3 March 2006, it returned to its original rising price auction format. The hours were unchanged and pre-recorded slots are still filled with rising price auctions.
The channel changed its format for a 2nd time to falling priced auctions on 26 March 2008. It was also the day when Speed Auction TV extended its live broadcast hours. They were available live Wednesdays to Mondays 7:45am to 1:30am and Tuesdays from 1:30pm to 1:30am, with the channel showing Screenshop during its downtime. The channel continued to sell a variety of products continuously throughout the day, without any particular themes shows. Since then, the channel has no longer shown any live or pre-recorded rising price auctions.
In Summer 2009, it operated like its sister channels by selling products through themed hours meaning there were more similar products being sold during a time. Some of the themes included Electrical Store, Jewellery Extravaganza, Outlet Live, Fashion Store and Home Makeover. Sometimes the themes last up to four hours. In November 2009, the whole of the output on the channel was based on Outlet Live meaning the price went to a clearance price with quantities much lower than usual. Although after the Christmas period, they returned to their normal falling price auctions.
From 13 October 2009 and 17 January 2012, the channel was also available on the Freesat platform.